Experienced and dedicated property advocates in Melbourne

Carly and Ian were unreal and ended up finding us a house off the market which literally ticked every box we asked for. They are very thorough and patient for the right property and had our best interest at mind at all times. We passed up a few properties when they were asking for too much money which shows Select Property Advocates wont settle just so they get the sale.They helped every step of the way making an interstate purchase a breeze…Can’t recommend them enough!Will definitely he using them again on the next property, thanks so much Ian and Carly

We chose Michelle after meeting with several other agents over Skype. We are a couple who live in France and were looking to return to Australia after 15 years away, and to a whole new city than before. Michelle was chosen as she came across as more genuine and personable than other agents, and it felt like she would consider our needs, rather than try to push for us to buy an unsuitable property. We engaged Michelle in April 2024 and bought a house with her at the end of January 2025. Over the course of 10 months, Michelle was invaluable in helping us to understand the Melbourne property markets, choosing suitable areas to live and with revising our budget. She was always at the end of a text message and phone call and was working hours for us that were certainly out of her work hours due to the time difference, which was highly appreciated. Michelle saw dozens of properties for us and would always feedback honestly. She diligently chased contracts and agents and tried her best to get to as many inspections as she could for us. Michelle went above and beyond to help us, offering to hold onto the keys for the property until we arrived in Australia. Michelle recommended good building companies to carry out inspections for us, and one of those relationships turned into us using the company for some renovations. Michelle is the ultimate professional and has a caring, human side which certainly doesn’t go unnoticed. We thank her immensely for helping us buy a house.

Hard to know where to start with Michelle, and Select Property Advocates. The overall statement would be Invaluable (with a capital “I”), with the highest level of care, commitment, support and expertise. Michelle involved me with constant and immediate updates and progress throughout the process. It was always extremely well considered, and researched and evaluated. I was able to increase my understanding of the process, to which I was brand new, purely based on how thorough Michelle was and how detailed she was in explaining all the facets of purchasing a property, every step of the way. This was important to me, so that I could feel confident in the decisions I was making, which were always in consultation and assisted by the advice from Michelle. I trusted Michelle very quickly due to all these factors, and I was therefore able to take my time and ensure I was making the best decisions for me and my situation. It made the process noticeably less stressful. I had originally tried to do it myself prior to engaging Michelle’s services, and the difference was staggering. It strangely turned all the way around, into a rather fun and exciting process. I was so well looked after. I will be recommending Michelle to everyone and anyone I cross paths with who is looking to purchase a property. I think it’s important when people work so hard at what they do, that they receive the appreciation. And I am so appreciative. Very happy person, who has just successfully purchase her first property, and I owe it all to Michelle. The biggest thank you from me.I should also add: Michelle was my advocate. But Carly and Ian from Select Property were also involved in certain stages due to the the timing of certain parts of the process, and my experience with them was excellent.

Michelle is a super star 🌟. She guided me on my journey to purchasing my first property and ensured I secured my dream apartment. The service provided was gold class every step of the way. I will definitely engage select property advocates services again in the future.

Carly was instrumental in our seach for a home. She helped us refine our expectations, showing us what to focus on and what to avoid. Throughout the process, she was professional, knowledgeable, and incredibly patient. There was never any pressure to rush into a decision—she gave us the time and space to find the right home. Her guidance made the experience much smoother and more efficient. If you’re looking for a buyer’s advocate who genuinely has your best interests at heart, we highly recommend Carly.

We had a great experience with Carly and Ian and recommend them highly. Selling a house can be stressful; there are many so-called ‘experts’ out there. Carly and Ian helped us make clear and logical decisions, and ultimately we got a great outcome. Thanks again guys!

Ian was extremely knowledgeable and unbelievably helpful throughout the search and shortlisting process.We spent quite a bit of time on the phone to ensure that every step taken was calculated and measured, probably because of the fact that Ian is the same on the golf course too.I expected to be on the property hunt for a while longer but all it took Ian to buy me a home was 1 auction and 1 bid!!!Thanks to Ian’s clarity and strategy, we arrived at the auction with a clear plan and an objective outlook…. and of course walked away with a win!Would give SPA a sixth star if the option existed

Michelle Lee provided me with exceptional service in both selling my old home and buying my new one. I cannot recommend her highly enough. Her patience, attention to detail and extraordinary support throughout this 9 month process was incredible. There were so many unexpected twists and turns in my selling and buying journey and Michelle was there guiding and advising me every step of the way. I felt safe and confident knowing she had a wealth of experience and expertise.She was on call for every question, ready with a solution for every problem and gave me sound advice when it came down to the nitty gritty of the sale and purchase. The upshot is I sold my house and purchased the perfect new home for the next phase of my life – all thanks to Michelle She managed the whole process for me and I am deeply grateful.If you are wondering if you need an advocate ( I certainly did at the beginning of all this), I strongly suggest that you do… and why not use the best? Michelle at Select Property Advocates

Michelle went the extra mile for us on this one. As interstate investors, we really needed to go with somebody we could trust. We chose Select as our buyers’ advocates because we didn’t want a large factory which just pumped volume and pressured buyers to overpay for sub-optimal properties. We chose Michelle because she came across very honest, down to earth, trustworthy and with a strong work ethic. The correct choice. She did not let us down at all. Never pushy, always reminding us that there will be more out there. And she was always willing to put in the long hours, including in the evenings and over the weekends. She also managed some extra savvy stakeholders in our family who’ve done plenty of property building and investing, who always kept her on her toes. She also obtained Carly and Ian’s opinion on key questions/candidate properties and provided solid contacts for Building & Pest inspections and conveyance lawyers. We ended up securing a quality property at auction, that fit the brief very well and which was well within budget. We were so impressed that we decided to engage Select to manage its rental. Highly recommended.

We would highly recommend engaging Michelle Lee from Select Properly Advocates to assist with both selling and buying your home. In May 2024 we engaged Michelle to do both for us and were extremely happy with the results.Michelle has over two decades of experience in the real estate business and it is evident – we received so much practical advice to assist us to transition to our ‘forever home’. For us this included Michelle interviewing and engaging an agent at a reduced fee, perfectly timing the sale of our existing property, assisting us to source tradespeople to fix up things that would make a difference to the sale price and advising on styling and auction strategy. In the end we secured a standout result on the sale of our property at a time when the market was cooling off.When it came to buying, Michelle ensured we considered things we didn’t really think about at first (e.g. aspect and optimal floor plans amongst many other tips). She walked through properties with us (both online and in person) explaining the pros and cons and steering us away from unsuitable properties – saving us a lot of time and money in the process. She also saved us time and money by making sure we were looking within our budget range, carefully researching the market in our preferred suburbs and getting inside intel from her extensive networks of contacts. Finally, once we had found the place that ticked all the boxes for our family, Michelle arranged all relevant inspections, negotiated with the real estate agents to secure essential changes to deposit and contract terms and then was there for us on auction day to confidently outbid other buyers and secure our amazing new home.In the end buying a house is the biggest purchase most people are ever going to make. We realised we were both busy working full time jobs and we did not have expertise in buying and selling real estate! We were very happy to have been referred to Michelle and to have benefited from her expertise and we highly recommend her to people who are looking to buy and/or sell. Overall we estimate that we saved a lot more in engaging her than the very reasonable fees paid for her services. The process is daunting and it was fantastic to have someone like Michelle on our side to ensure the whole transition was a success. We have no hesitation in recommending her to others seeking the services of a property advocate to make buying and selling easier and less stressful.Liz & Paul

I initially reached out to SPA in August 2023 with the mindset of selling my property. Fast forward a year and a bit later, I still haven’t sold. Not because we couldn’t, but because I was given the proper advice and support to make the right decision for my circumstances. SPA never once made me feel like I had to do anything that wasn’t in my best interest. I couldn’t recommend them highly enough!

Carly was an absolutely fantastic advocate to work with buying our house – we can’t recommend her enough! She was endlessly patient, professional, personable and knowledgeable about the property market in Melbourne. She understood the kind of property we were looking for and the things we valued, and worked tirelessly to find it for us. Carly and Ian took a lot of the stress out of our experience of purchasing a house, and for that we will be forever grateful! If you are debating whether to engage the services of an advocate to buy a property, don’t think twice, it is a valuable investment in one of the biggest purchases of your life. You will be in excellent hands with Carly at Select Property!

We worked closely with Michelle Lee to sell our house and to purchase a new home. The experience we had was excellent. Michelle was attentive, supportive and very clear in her communication with us throughout both processes. Michelle has extensive knowledge and connections in the Victorian property market, and this was obvious both through the guidance she provided, and the sheer number of agents she knew across our attendance at open homes across the south and north of Melbourne.As a seller’s advocate, Michelle identified what we were wanting to do and sourced quotes from excellent agents. When we asked for third quote, Michelle sought out the quote and, when we chose our agent, she negotiated all of the dealings with the agent. This meant that the only contact we had with the agents was receiving their congratulations when we sold the property. Throughout the sale negotiation process, Michelle managed all of the dealings with the agent and secured us the best price. Right down to the exchange of the keys, the process was seamless.As a buyer’s advocate, Michelle worked tirelessly with us to secure the right property. As part of this work, Michelle was in regular contact with us, providing updates on the market, and accompanied us to many open houses until we found our home. After we found the home, we wanted to buy, Michelle again managed all the dealings with the agent and secured us the best price. The process was as smooth as it was in selling our house.Michelle is a delight to work with. She goes the extra mile in supporting her clients during the selling and buying process and spent a lot of time with us providing guidance on every step of the process––from when to sell, how to present our home, selling, searching for a new home, and the long-term investment considerations when purchasing a new home. The experience was both educational and effortless. We highly recommend engaging Michelle when selling your house and buying your next home.

More than 5 stars…from the moment I made that first phone call I knew I was in good hands. I also felt completely CALM!We have had Michelle’s help to both sell and buy a home – she has taken away the worry, put forward sensible seasoned advice and mediated the many conversations between my partner and I along the way. She has helped do so much …find tradies, and a stylist to getting insights on future development applications and helping us to get in early to see properties before they were on the market! We have always felt she has had our best interests in mind and a genuine regard for what we are trying to achieve.We recommend her whole heartedly.She ensured that we sold our place well and now after about 6 months we are out the other side having bought a gorgeous new place for the family!We can’t thank you enough Michelle…we are so happy you were recommended to us!* a good friend recommended Michelle and that friend had also engaged her services numerous times with great results!!

Outstanding experience every step of the way. Informative and helpful. I felt reassured

Michelle was wonderful to deal with. She made the process of getting the house ready for market much less stressful as she managed the process of finding trades people to do a variety of jobs. She also managed the sale process for us when the agent wanted to sell for a lower price. We ended up getting above our reserve.

I’ve made a few poor decisions in life, but the decision to ask Michelle Lee to help sell my Preston home was one of my very best. From our first chat at my home she was empathetic, shrewd and knowledgeable, showing so much understanding for my circumstances (mother of three with a baby, returning to work, with no time or mental bandwidth for added life admin). She adapted her communication style to suit me (talking via text, speaking late at night after getting the kids to bed), taking on the time-consuming and annoying tasks I had no time to tackle (arranging agents’ proposals, lining up trusted tradies to complete required works, locking in property staging, explaining finance options), reassuring me at every turn, and just generally taking the stress out of an overwhelming process.Above all I benefited from her wisdom and experience – she was always upfront, explaining when we should push back on something, what was or wasn’t a reasonable price for a service, and telling me honestly if our approach wasn’t quite right. I felt that she truly understood my personal circumstances and advocated for me as a working mother who really needed help to survive this process. Ultimately, I was delighted with the price we received for my home, and the turnaround time for the sale.Thank you, Michelle, I miss our texts (!) and I truly hope I get to use your services again some day.

I engaged Michelle to help me sell my property after some average experiences with agents. I appreciated having Michelle communicate directly with the agent on my behalf, which lessened the stress of selling significantly. Michelle provided sound advice and judgement for the market, campaign, and auction, she was present throughout and stayed in contact well after the sale and as settlement occurred. I found Michelle to be forthright, trustworthy and one hundred percent in my corner, I never once doubted her word. When I need to sell again, I will be calling Michelle, she is the best !

We have worked with buyer’s and vendor’s advocates before, but the service provided by Carly and Ian has been outstanding and materially better than any prior experience we’ve had.Their attention to detail, persistence, patience, knowledge of the real estate industry, building designs, and other aspects was invaluable during our property search process, and on auction day itself they handled the bidding strategy and the subsequent negotiations with confidence – achieving a result we were rapt with.But all of these aspects and results don’t mention one extremely important thing: what an absolute pleasure it is to work with them. From start to finish, they were warm whilst always remaining professional, supportive, available at short notice, and hard-working for our cause.If you have the opportunity to work with them, we would strongly recommend you meet and discuss your plans with them. Based on our experience, it could be one of the best decisions you ever make. We hope to work with them again one day!

I could not speak more highly of Carly & Ian! What is usually a very stressful process, they made the whole process stress free. Carly guided me through the whole process and was so supportive every step of the way. She has an extensive knowledge of the marketplace and great connections within the industry. She really did go above and beyond to make sure that I had all the information available and was making sensible decisions when purchasing.I would highly recommend Carly and her team to everyone! When I am ready to purchase or sell my next property, they will be my first call!Thank you Carly & Ian!

When I decided to sell a property located about 150km away from where I lived, I was quite overwhelmed by all that it would require. Luckily I had Michelle there to walk me through every step of the way. She arranged for valuations and proposals from a couple of selling agents; she arranged the staging, sent me photos to make sure I was happy with how it looked, and kept me updated on the campaign on an almost daily basis. As a result I sold just 2 weeks after my listing went up, and got the price I wanted, all from the comfort of my own home. It was the most stress free process I could have hoped for and I’d highly recommend Michelle to anyone looking to buy or sell.

You don’t know what you don’t know. Although we have a keen interest in the real estate market we knew we needed guidance on what would be the biggest investment transaction we will likely ever make in our life time. And what a smart move it was to seek out an advocate!Carly Susic from Select Property Advocates was an amazing resource for us, providing calm, positive and extremely professional support and guidance throughout our selling campaign. Carly provided unwavering advice. Her vast knowledge of the real estate ‘game’ and agents in the local area and her invaluable experience gave us confidence when we had doubts or concerns and she promptly and professionally dealt with any issues that arose, always being available to answer any questions we had. Carly continued to provide advice to us when buying (interstate) and we trusted her astute judgement and business sense implicitly. We would highly recommend Carly and were so appreciative that Carly was by our side. Thank you so much.

Carly was a great support in the sale of our property. She is highly knowledgeable and reliable. She really took the stress out of the selling process for us and we were happy with the result. I would recommend to anyone selling property!

Carly and the Select Property Advocates team are so knowledgeable, helpful and professional at every step of the property buying process. They eliminated the stress of buying by making me feel heard and understanding the important criteria for me. Couldn’t recommend highly enough!

We recently engaged the services of property advocate Michelle Lee of Select Property Advocates to assist with purchasing our new home in Hawthorn . I must say we were very satisfied with the whole process and the level of communication and commitment that Michele provided.We engaged Michele’s services only a few days before the auctionand yet she still managed to get all the preparation work completed and made the auction day a very stress free process.A big thank you to Michelle.

Ian & Carly have been fantastic throughout the process of buying a house. They have been thoroughly professional and extremely hard working in helping me achieve my result. Couldn’t be happier!

I found Carly to be extremely professional and knowledgeable. She confidently managed the selling and purchasing of our houses seamlessly. Carly helped us to navigate Melbourne’s volatile property market, managed all negotiations with Real Estate agents, and guided us calmly and confidently with all transactions, whilst continuously advising us of realistic expectations, backing these up with current market appraisals and trends. Carly was also very attentive and available throughout both processes, and I was not afraid to ask “silly questions”. I cannot regard Carly highly enough, she’s amazing and personable.

Carly was fantastic from start to finish. Attention to detail, responsiveness and extensive knowledge of the property market helped Carly put forward properties that really met our brief. I would highly recommend using Carly and trust she will help others find their dream home like she did for our family.

Big thanks to Carly who helped us navigate selling our house during these COVID times. She was caring and supportive and so knowledgeable and guided us around various real estate obstacles. It was relatively stress free with her guidance, I highly recommend her!

I could not speak more highly of Select Property Advocates. Carly is a genuinely caring and highly knowledgeable person. Her attention to detail and dedication to helping me find the right place were well beyond what I would have ever expected. I’m so glad I found Carly. I really don’t know what I would have done without her!

We loved working with Carly and Michelle. Their market knowledge, connections and insights were invaluable when purchasing our home in what was a very difficult market. They really looked after us and gave us the confidence to make the right decisions throughout the process. They can take the load and go inspect properties for you which cuts down the time you have to spend on the search. By them doing that leg work for us they found us a property we wouldn’t have even gone to inspect, but we’re so glad they did – it’s perfect! Would highly recommend them to anyone.

Carly and Michelle very kindly gave me valuable advice on potentially renovating my property. Their suggestions were truly insightful and helpful. They really care about giving the right advice and they took the time to chat through my many questions. It’s clear they are very knowledgeable about the property market and the workings of the industry. I would definitely recommend them to anyone buying or selling in Melbourne.

Carly deserves a medal for all she’s done to help find and successfully purchase the first place my family can call home since my husband and I moved to China for work seven years ago. Thanks to Carly’s skill at identifying our needs and her incredible patience, we finally have a base in Australia again. She is a genuinely wonderful human being as well as a highly trained professional, and if I could award Select Property Advocates more than five stars, I would!

Professional, knowledgeable, and on the money!

Michelle was an absolute godsend during the entire selling process and beyond for us. Being pregnant and very sick, with a husband that travels frequently and two kids, it was just amazing and such a relief to have Michelle take the reigns and control the entire process for us. She is incredible at what she does and I cannot recommend her enough. In future when buying and selling again, we will be using Select Property Advocates.

Could not recommend highly enough! Sensible, practical, and flexible approach with tip-top market knowledge and expertise.

My wife and I used Select Property Advocates to help us buy and sell our family home. Their sensible, down to earth advice helped us make a fantastic decision to change homes during a difficult period in Melbournes property market.

Michelle was absolutely fantastic and I was thoroughly pleased with every aspect of my dealings with her, the process, professionalism, relational concern, follow up. Have recommended her to others without hesitation.

I would highly recommend Select Property Advocates to anyone buying or selling their homes. Carly made the whole process stress free and to say I am just impressed is an understatement.I found Carly to be honest, professional, polite, friendly, dedicated and knowledgeable of the real estate market. Carly goes above and beyond and works tirelessly for her clients.I know who to contact for my next purchase xox

Carly is so knowledgeable of real estate and it was the right decision to use her services. Carly went above and beyond my expectations and I would highly recommend whether buying or selling your property.